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From Ace of Spades:
No, he doesn't want us to succeed. He wants the American cause to fail.
You can't be wrong 100% of the time, like Obama, unless you're doing it on purpose.
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Iraq Attempting to Break IS Siege of That Nation's Largest Oil Refinery
From Ace of Spades:
Iraq forces are advancing to break the siege. Iraqi security forces said they advanced to within 2 km (1.2 miles) of the city of Baiji on Wednesday in a new offensive to retake the country's biggest oil refinery, besieged since June by Islamic State militants. Backed by Shi'ite militias and army helicopters, government forces have swept through a desert area to the west of Baiji, aiming to recapture the city 200 km (130 miles) north of the capital.
They hope to cut off supply lines to militants encircling the refinery and gain control of a road leading to Mosul, the biggest city in the north, an army colonel told Reuters. Islamic State fighters seized the city of Baiji and surrounded the sprawling refinery in June during a lightning campaign through northern Iraq.
The group also controls a swathe of territory in neighboring Syria and has proclaimed a caliphate straddling both countries.Ace asks:
I ask the same questions I asked with respect to Khobani: With the IS' troops marshaled out in the open -- not hidden among civilians in a city -- why do they continue to exist at all?Ace answers the question saying Obama is "feckless."
No, he doesn't want us to succeed. He wants the American cause to fail.
You can't be wrong 100% of the time, like Obama, unless you're doing it on purpose.
- Isis Fighters Now ‘at The Gates Of Baghdad’
From the Daily Mail: Fierce fighting has been reported on the outskirts of Baghdad where ISIS militants are attempting to seize control of the Iraqi capital – despite ongoing Western airstrikes against the terror group. The fighting...
- Isis Loses Control Of Mosul Dam, Bombed By Us And Syria
From Jawa Report As the week continued ISIS continued to lose ground, suffering losses from US airstrikes and losing control of Iraq's largest dam to Kurdish forces.An offensive to wrest control of a critical dam in northern Iraq from Sunni militants...
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Vatican Radio: Mosul now emptied of Christians, says Archbishop (Vatican Radio) Speaking to Catholic charity Aid to the Church in Need, Chaldean Archbishop Amel Nona, said he thought Mosul's last remaining Christians had left now a city which...
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From the Washington Post: BEIRUT — Insurgents seized control early Tuesday of most of the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, including the provincial government headquarters, offering a powerful demonstration of the mounting threat posed by extremists to...
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Iraq's largest oil refinery shut by bombing Sat Feb 26, 2011 10:47am GMT By Sabah al-Bazee BAIJI, Iraq, Feb 26 (Reuters) - Militants attacked Iraq's largest oil refinery on Saturday, killing four workers and detonating bombs that touched off a...